Travel and Mahram
346 questions
Is it permissible for a girl to travel alone by plane to complete her university studies in another country, knowing that her father will take her to the airport, and her paternal uncle and maternal uncle will be there to receive her?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to migrate without a mahram to the lands of the Two Holy Mosques, while leaving her mother in a non-Muslim country, knowing that the mother rejects her migration and her prayers?
What should I do for God to be pleased with me, reunite me with my family, and grant my heart peace through marriage and stability, knowing that I am trying to adhere to religious teachings after a period of non-observance, and my fiancé has started to distance himself from me after this change, and I find it difficult to return to my family in my home country due to current circumstances?
Is it permissible to travel to visit one's mother, who lives approximately 68 kilometers away, given that there is a disagreement with the husband about this trip, and that the questioner shortens and combines prayers during the visit?
Do all these reasons permit traveling for study without a mahram?
Is it permissible for a woman to wear the niqab and gloves without her husband's knowledge if he objects to it, and is she obliged to wear it in front of him if he beats her because of it? Is it permissible for her to uncover her face when traveling if her husband refuses to allow her to wear the niqab and she needs it for travel? Is she sinful if he forces her to uncover the niqab? Is she sinful for wearing gloves or covering her hands during prayer without her husband's permission?
Is it permissible to travel from Cairo to Alexandria (210 km) accompanied by my adult nephew (36 years old) and my daughter (14 years old), and does the presence of the mother with her daughter make a mahram unnecessary?
Is it permissible for my wife to travel with our children (my son 9 years old, and my daughter 6 years old) to India without a mahram in order to enroll them in Islamic schools, given the difficulty of raising children upon the Quran and Sunnah in America?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel by plane for ten hours if a محرم (male guardian) drops her off at the departure airport and another محرم picks her up at the arrival airport?
Is it permissible for a divorced woman or a woman observing 'iddah to travel with the children from Qatar to her home country?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a wife traveling alone a distance ranging between 700-800 kilometers, and moving about alone in European cities, given that she wears the hijab and does not master the language of the country, and does the husband have the right to refuse in this case?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel to complete her internship, which is necessary for her profession, accompanied by her maternal aunts as mahrams, given the unavailability of a father or husband as a mahram? And is a father’s deprivation of his son from completing his university education due to a past mistake the son committed during adolescence considered an injustice?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel a distance of 50 km to visit her uncle's house via mixed transportation and without a mahram, if her father believes that transportation costs are expensive and gives her the choice between going alone or not going, bearing in mind that she visits them once every 5 to 8 months?
Is it permissible for a girl to go with her father's friend if she cannot find a mahram to accompany her out of necessity, knowing that she is veiled and committed (to religious observance)?
Does the wife's right to Mabit (night stay) fall if the husband refrains from returning her to her home due to his preoccupation?
Is it permissible for a woman to pray in the presence of non-mahram men who can see her from the front and back, such as during travel or at an airport, given the fear that the prayer's time will expire, and how should she perform her prayer in such a situation?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel to her sick husband in a foreign country without a mahram?
Is it permissible for a woman to travel without a mahram and without the permission of her sick husband who is asleep due to his treatment, and to where would she go?
Is the distance between Qalyubia and Cairo considered a journey that necessitates the presence of a mahram for a woman whose father has died and whose only brother is a student who only comes home at the weekend?
Is it permissible for a woman observing her iddah after an irrevocable divorce (baynunah sughra) to spend the night outside her family's home if her work requires her to attend a conference in another part of the same country?
Is the questioner's situation considered a case of necessity, permitting her to travel without a mahram, given her poor psychological and familial state, her suicide attempts, and the absence of any relatives to support her?
What is the ruling on a wife traveling a distance of over 500 km with her female colleagues and elderly professors from the university for the purpose of study, and is a mahram required for her?
Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to travel without a mahram if the journey is safe, considering current circumstances which differ from those of the past?
What is the ruling on taking a maid to the same city without a mahram after a man requested that at the airport?